The players were tough to find with Albert working in the fruit and vegetable trade in his native Belgium and Bohinen taking part in a Scandinavian version of Strictly Come Dancing.

Carroll-Smith has written a book about the experience and told the BBC: "They were all fantastic, really accommodating guys... No matter how modern the game gets, football stickers will always have a nostalgic quality."

Despite the effort, the sticker book is no longer in existence as Carroll-Smith threw it into the sea claiming it was proof that he had now ‘grown up.’